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Re: HailMary post# 26639

Wednesday, 02/18/2004 12:51:31 PM

Wednesday, February 18, 2004 12:51:31 PM

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HM, Re: There is a lot more to a CPU than a simple ALU. There are lots of special registers, tables, control lines, etc. that need to be changed to support a 64-bit architecture, and especially a hybrid that can support many modes.

Yeah, but Prescott already had all of this. That was my point. Adding support for AMD's instruction set required a microcode change and nothing more.
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